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From A little Mermaid

The Kitchen's Garden

Because there has been so much more rain. I feel like I am swimming through the days. Yesterday it simply poured almost all day. Again.

The rain carried dread with it. We wish for rain, but too much of anything carries its own punishment.

I thought of mermaids as we sloshed through huge murky puddles feeding the drenched birds in the fields. They all have covers but the ground is waterlogged.

I loved the idea of being a mermaid as a child until we read that terrible story of The Little Mermaid. How her tongue was cut out and and she had to dance to entertain the man she loved, but every step was like knives.  Knives are a strong symbol in this story. I saw the ballet as a child and the elegance of the girl, her beauty in pain, giving up the sea and her sisters for an…

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Pallet Chairs

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fold out pallet chaise longue by Gas + Air Studios

armchair by Piet Hein Eek

chair by Studiomama

sofa found here

designed by Pierre Vedel

chair by Studiomama

Ramlabor chair in City Hall Park, NY

pallet chaise longue by esprit cabane

more re-used pallets here + here

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The Season of the Highlighters: the BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed – Moonstone and the powerful trio of the BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector – Spotlight

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I don’t know about you, but for me Summer is THE season when I love to wear highlighters the most!

I do wear them all year round but in the colder months I use more subtle ones like the Hourglass Incandescent Light, but when the sun is bright and luckily I get a bit of a tan I reach more for golden, luminous highlighters to pair perfectly with that.

BECCA Cosmetics is known for having some of the most gorgeous highlighters and today I’ll be talking about Moonstone, the Shimmering Skin Perfector in Pressed form and a Spotlight trio of cream highlighters in Pearl, Champagne Gold and Opal.

The BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Moonstone is, as its name suggests, a pressed powder version of the cult favorite liquid Shimmering Skin Perfector™. It’s enriched with ultra-fine pigment pearls that adjust to skin’s natural undertones…

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Hay In The Barn

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Hay. The best air freshener of all. I had to turn the field twice to accelerate the drying because of all the rain in the forecast. And Jen and I went back out and gently spread out the bigger clumps by hand so it all dried evenly.Which as usual…

Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Contour Palette and Brush Review and Swatches

Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Contour Palette and Brush Review and Swatches.

Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Contour Palette and Brush Review and Swatches

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An eye shadow palette that every woman needs in their makeup collection! The Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Contour Palette!

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Thank you

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Originally posted on The Kitchen's Garden:
For yesterday … You and your angels are alive and well I think! Last night – At Last – Mr Flowers found the barn and slept in there all night. So we all slept.  He is a noisy bird that one. Tui and Pania  are both sitting on eggs, in fact…